Popular Names in Norway

Information from Statistics Norway. This data is based on the names and birth dates of current residents. This means that residents who have died are not included, hence the numbers are lower for early years. Additionally, this means the names of immigrants who were not born in the country will be included.
Boys · Girls
Boys
Rank Name Times +/-
1.
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Jan
1,446 0
2.
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Bjørn
1,117 0
3.
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Geir
987 +1
4.
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Per
978 -1
5.
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Rune
764 +1
6.
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Lars
709 +1
7.
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Ole
660 +5
8.
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Knut
655 0
9.
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Terje
654 -4
10.
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Svein
634 +1
11.
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Trond
614 -1
12.
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Kjell
591 -3
13.
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Morten
583 0
14.
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Tor
529 +1
15.
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John
526 +3
16.
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Tom
481 +3
17.
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Hans
471 -3
17.
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Tore
471 0
19.
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Erik
469 +2
20.
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Arne
404 -4
21.
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Roger
401 +1
22.
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Frank
400 +2
22.
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Odd
400 -2
24.
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Frode
398 -1
25.
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Jon
386 0
26.
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Stig
364 0
27.
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Arild
337 +10
28.
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Øyvind
335 +1
29.
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Stein
329 -2
30.
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Kjetil
327 +10
31.
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Steinar
289 -1
32.
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Helge
286 -2
32.
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Vidar
286 0
34.
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Nils
285 +4
35.
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Harald
278 +1
36.
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Dag
277 -9
37.
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Pål
276 +2
38.
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Roy
269 -4
39.
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Rolf
267 -6
40.
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Leif
263 -5
41.
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Anders
257 +1
42.
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Jarle
251 +4
43.
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Øystein
240 +3
44.
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Jørn
235 -1
45.
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Roar
223 -1
46.
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Robert
221 -2
47.
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Espen
218 +2
48.
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Gunnar
208 -7
49.
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Olav
185 -1
49.
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Ove
185 +2
51.
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Atle
184 +2
52.
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Johnny
178 +4
53.
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Jens
175 +3
54.
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Magne
171 +1
55.
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Thor
169 -1
56.
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Ivar
168 -6
57.
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Ronny
167 +12
58.
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Egil
165 0
59.
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Alf
164 -1
60.
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Tommy
161 +21
61.
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Einar
157 -9
62.
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Jonny
156 +2
62.
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Petter
156 +1
64.
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Thomas
153 +4
65.
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Kenneth
151 +11
66.
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Kai
143 -6
67.
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Bård
142 +5
68.
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Kurt
140 -2
69.
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Christian
138 +15
69.
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Ståle
138 -4
71.
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Finn
137 -9
72.
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Ola
135 +16
73.
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Gjermund
133 new
73.
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Karl
133 -12
75.
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Arve
132 -9
75.
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Inge
132 +12
77.
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Kåre
130 +2
78.
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Peter
126 -9
79.
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Jostein
124 +11
80.
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Sven
123 -5
81.
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Paul
115 -4
82.
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Ketil
114 +15
83.
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Henning
111 -10
84.
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Martin
109 0
84.
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Sverre
109 -1
86.
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Michael
104 -13
87.
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Håkon
103 -5
88.
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Bent
101 new
88.
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Torbjørn
101 -11
90.
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Eivind
99 -11
91.
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Reidar
97 +8
92.
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Håvard
93 -2
92.
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Johan
93 -8
94.
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Andrzej
92 new
94.
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Asbjørn
92 -6
96.
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Åge
91 +4
96.
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David
91 new
98.
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Arnt
89 new
99.
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Bjørnar
88 -7
100.
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Andre
87 new
Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
1.
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Anne
1,758 0
2.
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Nina
807 +2
3.
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Hilde
794 0
4.
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Anita
679 +2
5.
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Marianne
673 +2
6.
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Bente
647 -1
7.
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Heidi
639 -5
8.
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Tone
567 +5
9.
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Kristin
564 -1
10.
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Mona
537 +6
11.
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Kari
523 +1
12.
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Ann
522 +6
13.
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Inger
509 -3
14.
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Wenche
498 0
15.
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Marit
493 -5
16.
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Mette
486 -1
17.
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Elisabeth
452 +4
18.
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Tove
444 -9
19.
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Eva
433 -2
20.
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Hanne
416 0
21.
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Elin
388 -2
22.
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Linda
348 +2
23.
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Hege
346 +7
23.
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Liv
346 -1
25.
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Berit
331 0
26.
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Siv
326 +5
27.
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Laila
318 +5
28.
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Trine
316 -1
29.
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Sissel
315 -3
30.
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Gunn
308 -2
31.
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Monica
294 +5
32.
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Ellen
292 -9
33.
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Lise
272 +5
34.
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Randi
258 -5
35.
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Rita
251 +4
36.
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Merete
247 +1
37.
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Janne
246 +10
38.
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Irene
241 -5
38.
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May
241 -3
40.
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Karin
240 0
41.
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Ingrid
235 +4
42.
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Gro
231 +1
43.
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Britt
229 +5
44.
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Kjersti
223 -2
45.
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Grethe
209 -11
46.
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Grete
208 +6
47.
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Solveig
203 +8
48.
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Åse
196 +3
48.
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Line
196 +5
50.
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Unni
195 -1
51.
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Trude
194 +12
52.
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Astrid
190 -11
53.
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Lisbeth
185 -7
54.
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Eli
183 -10
54.
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Lene
183 +14
56.
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Maria
182 -6
57.
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Jorunn
176 -3
58.
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Ragnhild
168 +7
59.
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Gry
162 +3
60.
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Siri
161 +1
61.
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Anna
158 -3
62.
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Vigdis
154 -4
63.
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Ingunn
152 -3
63.
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Turid
152 -6
65.
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Bjørg
151 -1
66.
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Beate
147 +4
67.
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Anette
146 +11
68.
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Kirsti
144 +1
69.
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Torill
141 -3
70.
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Bodil
137 +12
71.
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Vibeke
133 +17
72.
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Aud
130 -16
72.
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Mariann
130 +21
74.
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Cathrine
127 -1
75.
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Lillian
116 -1
76.
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Toril
113 +14
77.
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Jane
112 +7
78.
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Aina
110 +2
78.
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Synnøve
110 +3
80.
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Kirsten
108 -8
80.
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Lena
108 -2
82.
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Else
104 -16
83.
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Brit
103 -8
84.
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Susanne
102 +3
85.
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Sølvi
101 -10
86.
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Birgitte
100 new
86.
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Tina
100 new
88.
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Gerd
98 -5
89.
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Ruth
96 0
89.
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Siw
96 -4
89.
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Torunn
96 -3
92.
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Merethe
94 +5
93.
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Karen
93 -1
94.
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Helle
92 -17
94.
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Monika
92 -1
96.
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Reidun
91 -25
97.
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Helene
85 -6
98.
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Ann-Kristin
78 new
99.
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Birgit
77 -6
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Mari
76 new